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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does McCall feel about the trip his co-worker and girlfriend are soon to embark?

2. In Part III of the book, McCall is glad mothers are not using the names of _____.

3. In Chapter 42, McCall works where?

4. The total mortgage and child support McCall has to pay after the divorce in Chapter 41 is how much?

5. Disgusted with the low pay of his job, this visiting friend decides to do what instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?

2. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?

3. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?

4. Why does McCall feel like a slave on an auction block in Chapter 27?

5. How does Stanley's visit become a turning point for McCall and the drug scene?

6. How does the fellowship program in Missouri help McCall deal with his racial sensitivity?

7. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?

8. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?

9. How does McCall deal with his friends' suspicions about his "good fortune" in Part II of the book?

10. How does Danny's driving curiosity about race affect his relationship with McCall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part I of the book, McCall describes his decision to steal as a rite of passage. What is a rite of passage, and how does McCall's decision to take from others constitute such a reference?

Essay Topic 2

How are the people in McCall's life, outside of the prison, affected by his incarceration? (His son, Elisabeth, his parents, siblings, grandmother, etc.)

Essay Topic 3

In Chapters 35 through 39, McCall encounters trendy blacks, advice from Milton Campbell, reaction of fellow journalists in Missouri and Danny his co-worker. How does each of these situations affect McCall's perceptions about race? What challenges him? What changes him? Why?

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